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Fueled by extensive opportunities for fieldwork and clinical placements in the New York City area, our Human Genetics, Genome Health Analysis, and Dance/Movement Therapy programs provide students with the knowledge and experience to make a real and positive impact on society. Our Health Advocacy program, the first in the nation, gives students the skills to enact real change in healthcare.

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MS Human Genetics Program

The mission of the Human Genetics program is to improve health care for all people by educating genetic counselors so they are prepared to meet current and future needs of their clients, their communities, their profession, and society at large.

Established in 1969, the program was the first of its kind in the United States. It remains the largest graduate program in genetic counseling in the world.

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MS Dance/Movement Therapy Program

The Dance/Movement Therapy program at Sarah Lawrence College is based on the empirically supported premise that the body and mind are interconnected and interact in health and illness.

Body movement provides both a means of assessment and a mode of intervention for dance/movement therapists, working with individuals or with groups, in the treatment of developmental, medical, social, physical, or psychological impairments. Learn to use dance/movement therapy, a psychotherapeutic use of movement, to further the emotional, cognitive, physical, and social integration of the individual.

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In collaboration with key opinion leaders and strategic partners, the Institute for Genomics Education, Workforce & Leadership builds awareness for the most critical societal needs and workforce gaps within genomics and precision medicine and creates innovative educational programming to facilitate the development of a contemporary genomics workforce.

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